Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-06-10


plank, and put on in the same way,
only 1 made each plank break or
cover a Joint of a plank below 1t
thus
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All the plank we're nailed with
terpenny nails and the plank used
was only half.seasODed, so as not
10 buckle by reason of the mois-
ture from the cut corn. In this
way l made a tight, alright box
10 feet long, IL feet wide aud II
feet high, which, when full would
contain 172S cubic feet Of space
The plank were nailed to good,
strong studs so as to keep them
from bulglng or pressing out when
tightly packed with cut corn and
weighted down. The pressure on
the corn will act just as the screw
does on apple pumace or weight on
a cheese which you wish to COM
press, that IS will press down and
ont. and the framing must be strong
enough to resist this pressure SO as
not to open cracks IN the joints OF
your plank. Two courses of inch
pine or other plank thus put TO-
gether will be all that is needed II
YOU make good tight joints and
nail it well. l prefer pine to oak
or other plank, because it comes
aud goes with the weather less,
and therefore will keep tighter, and
as the ensilage is damp, it is less
liable TO rot than oak, sc. On this
sort of a building there must be a
good tight root to keep of rain and
hot sun, and l would advise wealth
er.boarding the sides so as to keep
off the hot sun rays, which OF
course would have a tendency to
open the joints and let in air.
Your second questiOn-"If built
on top Of the ground would a con-
crete wall l foot thick answer :"
I should say it would; the only
fear | should have would be that
the pressure would bulge it ont and
crash it.
3rd question-"I keep about 40
head of cattle, 70 head of sheep
and 4 horses, what size silo should
1 build for that number Of stock "
A cubic foot of ensilage weighs
from 40 to 80 pounds; a daily "a
ton for a COW is so or 60 pounds;
therefore il is only necessary 70 al
low one aud one.half cubic feet for
each COW daily, to tell how large a
silo is wanted. One cubic foot is
estimated to keep a sheep week
in good condition, l should allow .
sheep TO equal one COW. You have
therefore the equivalent of 90 cat
tie to feed, say GO. You will there
fore need 90 cubic feet for each "a
hours of feed, say 80 days, you
will need a building that will hold
lJOx9O=13,j0O cubic feet Of COM
pressed ensilsge. AS it congresses
say Is in bulk, you had best pro-
vide $1,000 cubic feet, which would
require box 30x50x1O deep. Such
a box should be divided by plank
partitions into three rooms each
1Ox5Ox1O deep, with a door IN the
end of each, for reasons l will ex'
nlain further on. Now the above
would be a very large ration and
really more than ] should advise
I use cubic foot to each COW daily
and let them have all the straw
they want to extend the paunch.-
If this would be done by you then
YOU will only need 10000 cubic feet
or two rooms, IOxjOxlO deep IN
stead of three.
Your next questiOn--"What would
a sllo say ~ feet wide, 10 feet deep
and 90 feet long cost r Soch a silo
will require for a double floor 2
n2x2O)-4SO feet OF IL inch vide
plauk-aIIow Is for matching and
waste-say GOO feet; 2 sides 15x2O
and . sides 12x15 doubled will re-
ouire G4x30=1, 800, add 10 for
dressing and cutting, say 2, 400 feet
IL inch wide and inch thick plank,
or in all say 5000 feet half dry
plank. For framing it will require,
say 1000 feet of exc scantling. 800
feet of 2x12 flooring jOist, ], 25O feet
of weather.boardiDg, 800 feet of 2x4
rafters, 800 of sheating, and say
5000 shingles for roof, also two
thIcknesses of plank to put on top
after full, 500 feet. Therefore your
bill would he as follows, viz:
Say $500 feet plank at sl5.cO....:s 50 so
1000 feet common Trainings,
at $500. "a w
1000 shingles at s35O......-.- 10 80
Nails 100 lbs. at S4.OO.----- 4 90
Carpenter and helper-4 days. II 90
Total. $103 90
Such a building will last for at
least ten years and will hold after
compressed 5000 cubic feet of en-
Stage, which will feed 20 head of
cattle $50 days; or put into tons ii
.,,Lta fE0 to,o of Oood sweet